[N.B.C trade releases]. (1954)

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February 2, 195^ f PAUL LAVALLE CONDUCTS BAND OF AMERICA IN GALA 27TH ANNIVERSARY BROADCAST OF CITIES SERVICE SERIES ON NBC RADIO NETWORK # X K 4 Paul Lavalle will conduct a gala program celebrating the 27th anniversary of the Cities Service broadcasts on NBC Radio, Monday, Feb. 15 (9 : 30 p.m., EST) . Edwin Franko Goldman’s "On the Mall" march will keynote the CITIES SERVICE BAND OF AMERICA anniversary salute, followed by a medley of "Hit Songs of 1927." The series premiere broadcast took place in Carnegie Hall, New York City, on Feb. 18, 1927* under Goldman's baton. The 1927 medley, which will be sung by the Cities Service Quartet, will be comprised of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson's "The Best Things In Life Are Free," Vincent Youmans ' "Hallelujah," Walter Donaldson's "My Blue Heaven," Erno Rapee's "Diane," and George Gershwin's "S ’Wonderful . " Paul Lavalle 's own "The Cities Service Triumphal March," which he wrote especially for the Silver Anniversary celebration in 1952, will be an additional anniversary highlight. The Heart Fund will be given a special salute on the show when the band plays Grafulla's "The Washington Grays March." Other selections on the program will include Egner's "The Official West Point March" j the Grand March from Wagner's "Tannhauser" and Lavalle' s adapta¬ tion of the traditional, "The Old Oaken Bucket, " featuring Will Bradley, Phil Giardina and Mike Autori as a trombone trio . I o -